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Fact Sheet
| MISSION: |
Set industry standards and promote Secure Digital (SD) product acceptance in a variety of applications |
| ASSOCIATION: |
The SD Association is a global open industry standards organization established in January 2000 |
| CURRENT SPECIFICATION: |
SD Specification Version 2.00 created SD High-Capacity Memory Card |
| FORMATS: |
SD, miniSD and microSD offer storage up to 2 gigabytes
SDHC, miniSDHC and microSDHC offer storage up to 32 gigabytes
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| USAGE: |
SD technology can be found in dozens of product categories used by more than 400 brands offering 8,000 product models. It is the storage media leader for mobile phones, digital audio players, car navigation systems and electronic books
SD cards offer CPRM for digital rights management |
| FOUNDERS: |
Panasonic Corporation, SanDisk and Toshiba |
| LEADERSHIP: |
James Taylor, President and Chairman (Hewlett Packard)
Danny Lin, Treasurer (ATP)
Board Member Companies:
ATP, Canon, Eastman Kodak, Hewlett-Packard, Infineon Technologies, Kingston, Panasonic Corporation, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Samsung Electronics, SanDisk, Sharp, Socket Communications and Toshiba |
| MEMBERS: |
More than 1,000 companies |
| ANNUAL DUES: |
Executive $4,500
General $2,000 |
| WEBSITE: |
www.sdcard.org |
| MEDIA/ANALYST CONTACT: |
media@sdcard.org |
| WRITE: |
SD Association
2400 Camino Ramon, Suite 375
San Ramon, CA 94583
USA |
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